Shopper goes to Victoria's Secret to get sensor removed from bra, and gets handcuffed

Jovita Jones Cage says she was racially profiled and handcuffed while shopping at a Victoria's Secret. (WREG Memphis)

A Victoria's Secret shopper in Tennessee who was cuffed after getting a sensor removed from a bra says she was racially profiled.

Jovita Jones Cage was shopping in the Collierville store on Monday when she was stopped by a police officer. She was only in the store because an employee had previously made a mistake by leaving the sensor on the bra.

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Jones Cage was heading to the dressing rooms when the officer treated her like a criminal, she said.

"He could have asked, 'Ma'am, can I search your bag?’ He didn't do any of that," she told the Journal-Constitution. "He just came in and (slapped) handcuffs on me. He made up in his mind I was guilty."

Jones Cage says that the manager of the store called police without even speaking with her beforehand.